A judge gave a 23-year-old man convicted of murdering a Miami-Dade high schooler during a sneaker sale in 2020 a life sentence Friday. But Adrian Cosby went on the attack before learning his fate.

Florida International University has earned top marks when it comes to the top 50 public universities in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report Best College 2025 rankings.

The Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Downtown Miami counts on Analisa Duran’s love of teaching.

Students at Florida International University can now enjoy their favorite cafeteria meals prepared by a robot.

The stadium hosting Florida International University’s football team is getting a new name, but with a highly-familiar — and highly-unorthodox — sponsor.

The village of Palmetto Bay confirmed that a special council meeting will be held this week after officials learned that one of the companies involved in the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse was awarded the 87th Avenue bridge contract.

A measure on the primary ballot includes a non-binding question about expanding rapid transit in the county, specifically the existing Metromover and Metrorail systems. It comes as choking congestion prompts county commissioners to look at elevated rail along the county’s East-West Corridor: a Metromover expansion along Flagler Street to Florida International University.

To discuss the changing dynamic of this year’s elections, Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Florida lawmakers Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, and Alex Rizo, a Republican. Carlton Gillespie, of Florida International University; Laralyn Jackson, of the University of Miami; and Liv Caputo, of Florida State University joined Milberg for the TWISF NextGen Roundtable. For the Tell Me Something Good segment, Milberg interviews Miami Northwestern High’s track and field coach Carmen Jackson, who is going to Paris to cheer for a group of her mentees competing in the Olympic Games.

Florida International University played host to a town hall Wednesday evening as some of the 15 candidates vying to become Miami-Dade County’s first elected sheriff since the 1960s made their case to win over voters.

Legendary marine conservationist Dr. Sylvia Earle announced this week that her Mission Blue organization has designated Biscayne Bay, the Florida Keys, and the Ten Thousands Islands as “Hope Spots."

Florida Highway Patrol troopers closed the southbound Turnpike extension at Southwest Eight Street on Friday morning in Miami-Dade County.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.

Miami-Dade County leaders are ditching a plan to run buses down the Dolphin Expressway and are instead considering two new options, including a Metromover line running above Flagler Street as part of a long-term plan to connect downtown Miami with Florida International University, according to a report in Miami Today.

Bad Bunny took some time out of his busy schedule to share his wisdom and experience with nearly 400 South Florida students on Friday night.

Benjamín León, Jr., the founder and chairman of Leon Medical Centers, announced a donation of $10 million to build a $40 million home for Florida International University’s CasaCuba cultural and academic center.

Last week brought what may be an unprecedented public statement from Florida International University’s board chair and its president, ahead of a student government resolution vote.

As the Israel-Hamas war inflames passions throughout college campuses nationwide, pro-Palestinian sentiment has surprised some university officials where the student government at Florida International University has demanded that the school takes steps against Israel.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida State Sen. Alexis Calatayud, Florida State Rep. Michael Gottlieb, Florida International University students Carlton Gillespie and Tania Jimenez, and University of Miami students Melanie Lowe and Regina Potenza.

There were several hot button topics to discuss on the This Week in South Florida roundtable.

Inside a Florida International University lab, work is being done to learn more about PFAS, which are often called forever chemicals.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Florida International University’s main campus on Thursday afternoon in Miami-Dade County.

The former Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, has accepted an invitation from Florida International University to become a visiting professor.

Whether it’s a glass of wine, a cold beer or your favorite cocktail, there are plenty of ways to unwind after a long day. But what if the person making you that drink was unlike anything you’ve seen before?

Parents, students and drivers were frustrated early Tuesday morning after construction at Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus in North Miami caused major delays in the area.

FIU has achieved its highest ranking ever in U.S. News & World Report, the school confirmed in a news release this week.

Florida International University was rated the No. 29 university in the nation and the fourth-ranked public university Wednesday, according to the America’s Best Colleges 2024 rankings published by the Wall Street Journal.

Detectives are searching for a stalker who has been targeting students at Florida International University’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus in Miami-Dade County.

A recent study found that overfishing is driving reef sharks to extinction. The study comes as NOAA is considering raising the limits of how many sharks and what species of sharks can be fished in federal waters.

A man accused of exposing himself to a student in a classroom at Florida International University last year will spend the next year on probation, a judge decided Thursday.

A disturbing discovery in a body of water has gotten the attention of multiple law enforcement agencies.

Detectives were investigating the source of the emails and calls that prompted false alarms on Tuesday at university and college campuses in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and St. Lucy counties.

Authorities are investigating swatting incidents that occurred Tuesday morning at both Florida International University’s main campus in west Miami-Dade and City College in Hollywood.

Florida International University has banned the TikTok on its campus.

World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall spoke on Friday night at Florida International University in Miami-Dade County.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola, Florida State Rep. Vicki Lopez, Broward School Board member Allen Zeman and Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes.

Florida International University's Modesto Maidique Campus is getting ready to host a true legend.

Five years ago, Wednesday, a 174-foot-long pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed after a section splintered just outside Florida International University’s main campus in Miami-Dade.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Florida State Rep. Robin Bartleman, State Rep. Tom Fabricio, State Rep. Juan Carlos Porras and Vice President Kamala Harris.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Florida state Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, President and CEO of The Everglades Foundation Eric Eikenberg, Rep. Carlos Gimenez, President of Voters of Tomorrow Jayden D’Onofrio and Ian Lares-Chacín, President of the College Republicans at Florida International University.

A group of Florida International University students walked out of class Thursday in protest of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent policy moves regarding LGBTQ and diversity issues.

Something new is brewing at Florida International University.

In Local 10 News’ latest Technically Speaking report, anchor Gio Insignares takes us to Florida International University, where a new name and a promised “refocus” for one school plans to take future students into a great, big, beautiful tomorrow.

More than 3,000 participants came out on Saturday morning for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Florida International University.

It is the weekend after Hurricane Ian ravaged the southern Gulf Coast and while South Florida was spared from the storm's devastation, scientists with Florida International University's Institute of Environment are making sure water management didn't unleash a different type of catastrophe.

A Florida International University student faced a Miami-Dade judge Wednesday after being accused of exposing himself to another student in a campus classroom.

Community leaders are holding a rally on the campus of Florida International University in hopes of raising awareness about monkeypox among students.

Officials at the Florida International University say that according to reports from Miami-Dade police there was no foul play involved in the death of a 22-year-old linebacker.

The Black Pepper Food and Wine Festival spotlights Black-owned businesses in a day of food and fun.

An 85-year-old woman is celebrating her graduation from Florida International University.

A Florida International University study looking at the presence of toxic “forever chemicals” in Florida oysters found that oysters from Biscayne Bay contained the highest concentration of contaminants among three sites researchers tested.

The reversal of Roe v. Wade is drawing more action from advocates on both sides of the debate.

An infectious disease specialist at Florida International University is explaining the potential ramifications of the Biden administration lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before flying to the United States.

A study released Tuesday by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University finds that 15 housing markets in the U.S., including one in Florida, are overvalued by 50 percent or more and poised for potential price corrections.

Detectives warned the Florida International University community about an increased risk of becoming a sextortion victim.

Surveillance video shows a man recently attacking a Florida International University student at The One at University City, a student housing building in Sweetwater.

Florida International University has hired a Texas firm to conduct a national search for its next president.

Gina and Orlando Duran marked the fourth anniversary of their 18-year-old daughter Alexa’s death on Wednesday with a tribute at Florida International University.

Florida International University’s interim president Ken Jessell was at his first board of trustees meeting on Thursday morning after he was appointed back in January.

An investigator reported the former president of Florida International University admitted to asking a woman under his direct supervision if “companionship was of interest” to her in October, but she said that what he actually asked was if she wanted to become his “lover.” She said he later started to call her a “princess” and the situation escalated to her crying about her work environment.

South Florida doctors are optimistic that there is a light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, with the number of patients in hospitals decreasing and people who are admitted not being as sick as was seen in months past.

Elizabeth Béjar will be making Florida International University history as the first Hispanic woman to serve as interim provost.

Mark Rosenberg still insists personal health issues for he and his wife are why he’s stepping back.

Local 10 has learned that Mark Rosenberg, the president of Florida International University for the past 12 years, is resigning.

In Spain, the family of Melissa Gonzalez from Miami and Cuba met at a church for a memorial to mark the two-year anniversary of her shooting death.

There have been heated debates regarding Critical Race Theory in recent months and years.

Mike MacIntyre, formerly the head coach at Colorado and San Jose State, was named Florida International University's sixth head coach in program history, replacing Butch Davis.

On Tuesday, FIU announced that Scott Carr had been named the school's new AD.

Florida International began a search for a new athletic director after Pete Garcia announced Wednesday that he is resigning following 15 years on the job.

The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is hosting the 5th annual Spooky Science Monster Mash on Saturday in downtown Miami.

Gabriel Alvarez was working at a construction site in North Miami on Monday when a piece of heavy machinery fell on him and another man.

A death investigation is underway in North Miami, near the entrance to the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University.

More than three years after its tragic collapse, crews are expected Monday to begin demolition of the final parts of the Florida International University pedestrian bridge that have remained standing.

COVID-sniffing dogs have been at a Miami Heat game and at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival and now the dogs will sniffing for COVID at Miami International Airport.

The upcoming Labor Day holiday is a new concern for medical experts who are stressing the need for people to get COVID-19 vaccines across South Florida.

Florida International University released guidance for the upcoming semester in a message to students on Wednesday.

According to researchers, as of June 30, homes throughout Florida were selling for 21.76 percent above their long-term pricing trend, an increase from 19.24 percent in May and 17.17 percent in April.

Two men have been arrested and face first-degree murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Florida International University honor student and freelance photographer Michael Zaldua.

A professor at Florida International University found signs of the land around the Champlain Towers South condominium gradually sinking in a study published in 2020.

Among his many accomplishments, Dotson played an integral role in the founding of FIU’s College of Law.

For the first time since the pandemic, FIU is hosting an in-person commencement ceremony. In all, six ceremonies will take place over two days.

Florida International University teams up with Broward College to help students earn their Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees simultaneously

As thousands of couples’ weddings across the U.S. were disrupted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one lucky couple in Miami will finally get to tie the knot — at absolutely no cost.

On a cool March morning, a research team from Florida International University’s Institute of Environment returned to the waters of Biscayne Bay. The data that was coming from one of the research buoys was alarming.

Florida International University plans to return to its pre-pandemic scheduling this summer. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida International University plans to return to pre-pandemic scheduling, starting in the summer session. Provost and Executive Vice President Kenneth Furton announced the change in an email to the school’s faculty and students. Since the global pandemic began, the Miami-based university has held classes either online or with social distancing measures in place. Starting this summer, the university will schedule all courses on the three modalities it used before the pandemic: fully online, fully in person and hybrid, which is a mix of online and in person.

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MIAMI – Good news for techies: all that tinkering could actually earn you a Master’s degree. Florida International University is now offering a Master of Science in the “Internet of things.” It’s an expansion of a bachelor’s degree already available at the FIU College of Engineering & Computing. In 2018, FIU became the first in the nation to offer a degree like this. Students, who choose this degree, will learn how to use “smart” technologies found in homes, vehicles, medical equipment, and city infrastructure. For more information about the degree, an online information session will be held March 29.

MIAMI – Good news for techies: all that tinkering could actually earn you a Master’s degree. Florida International University is now offering a Master of Science in the “Internet of things.” It’s an expansion of a bachelor’s degree already available at the FIU College of Engineering & Computing. In 2018, FIU became the first in the nation to offer a degree like this. Students, who choose this degree, will learn how to use “smart” technologies found in homes, vehicles, medical equipment, and city infrastructure. For more information about the degree, an online information session will be held March 29.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced Wednesday that it is donating a whopping $15.3 million to invest in Miami-Dade County’s tech and entrepreneurship community. A total of $10 million of that will go to Florida International University to expand what will become the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences. This will help the university increase talent development and research in fields such as artificial intelligence, smart robotics, bioinformatics, biodevices and digital forensics. The University of Miami will receive $4.3 million to grow its Institute of Data Science and Computing and Baptist Health will receive $1 million to launch a health care innovation fellowship. According to a news release from the foundation, with these latest investments, Knight will have donated more than $55 million to Miami-Dade’s “tech entrepreneurship ecosystem” since 2012.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Fla. – Munilla Construction Management was one of the companies behind the deadly Florida International University’s pedestrian bridge collapse. Daniel Munilla, the president of the family-owned company, said he wrestles with what could have been done differently to prevent the March 15, 2018 tragedy. “We wish we would have done more.”Munilla said they were aware of a crack in the structure that January. We were assured by a world-renowned designer that it wasn’t a safety concern,” Munilla said. Now with several major projects ongoing, the company is adding safety policies as it works to earn community trust.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Federal investigators determined the probable cause of the deadly Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse in 2018 was related to engineers’ calculation errors, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report released on Tuesday. The Louis Berger Group peer review failed to detect the load and capacity calculation errors by Tallahassee-based FIGG Bridge Engineers, according to the NTSB report. The calculation errors are related to the designs of the connection to the bridge deck and the main span truss, an assembly of elements that create a rigid structure, according to the report. Investigators believe the parties involved in the construction of the bridge should have closed Southwest EighthStreet to protect public safety. The bridge collapse killed six people: Alexa Duran, 18, Navarro Brown, 37, Brandon Brownfield, 39, Alberto Arias, 53, Oswaldo Gonzalez, 57, and Rolando Fraga, 60.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Another busy week in the news means more great topics for discussion on the This Week in South Florida roundtable. Melba Pearson is the Director of Policy and Programs for the Center for the Administration of Justice at Florida International University. Rafael Yaniz is also an attorney in Miami and a political analyst and writer. They joined TWISF hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg, and the roundtable discussion can be seen at the top of this page.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Two Florida International University students received a special surprise Thursday from Zoo Miami. “The Ron Magill Conservation Scholarship came as a product of the Ron Magill Conservation Endowment -- that’s an endowment I started here at the zoo to help protect animals in the wild,” Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill said. Magill passed out the $5,000 checks Thursday to the two students who participated in the first ever selection process. Both students are focusing on species of sea turtles and doing their field studies of hatchings. “I would love to use this money for (that) and also to support my research.”“I was trying to do a sea turtle project in Cuba.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Former President Barack Obama campaigned for Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Monday night at Florida International University’s main campus in Miami-Dade County. Ohio holds 18 electoral votes and Pennsylvania holds 20, and both are state that President Donald Trump won in 2016. South Florida is a big area that both candidates are gunning for and Florida is also one of the key battleground states that Trump won during the 2016 election. The region was once a major hub of anthracite coal mining, and the county backed Trump in 2016 after previously supporting Obama. Harris said a Biden administration will work to make the country the world’s top maker of electric vehicles.

MIAMI – Florida International University’s football game Friday night against Marshall has been postponed because of a “lack of available scholarship student-athletes,” the school announced. FIU says the decision follows Conference USA’s guidelines for dealing with the virus “which require a threshold for the game to be played safely. The shortage is due to quarantining of COVID-19 positive tests and contact tracing, as well as injuries.”A new date for the game will be announced at a later time, the school says. FIU is 0-3 this season and also had its Oct. 17 game postponed because of coronavirus cases within the football program. The next scheduled game is Nov. 7 at UTEP.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – A favorite part of This Week in South Florida has always been the roundtable discussions, where some of the sharpest political minds are brought together to analyze the week’s top stories. Kathryn DePalo-Gould is a professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University. She has had hands-on experience running a political campaign. Sean Forman is a professor of political science and chair of that department at Barry University. The full roundtable discussion with This Week in South Florida hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney can be seen at the top of this page.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Spring break is an institution in South Florida, but two South Florida institutions of higher learning won’t be having it in 2021. The University of Florida and Florida State University previously said they will also cancel spring break this school year. University of Miami President Julio Frenk said his school’s spring semester will begin a week later than initially scheduled, on Jan. 25, and students will also get two “Wellness Wednesdays” off. “I know it hasn’t been easy, and I can’t promise that it will become any easier anytime soon. FIU has proposed a calendar in which classes would end a week earlier rather than taking a week off for spring break.

Local 10′s special “Saving Biscayne Bay” aired Wednesday night, followed by an online Q&A featuring Louis Aguirre and environmental experts from Florida International University. The discussion centered on how to help the bay after the recent fish kills and algae bloom. A replay of the special broadcast and Q&A can be seen below:

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. Police have identified the man killed in a shooting Thursday near Florida International University as Jose Luis Contreras Carmona, 39, of Hialeah. Miami-Dade detectives say Carmona was shot multiple times after an argument inside a barbershop spilled into a shopping center parking lot along Southwest 8th Street and 107th Avenue, not far from FIUs main campus. Carmona had been taken to Kendall Regional Trauma Center, where he died from his injuries. Investigators say a suspect in the shooting fled in a white vehicle. A Be on the Lookout was issued for a white Mercedes-Benz SUV that was spotted leaving the scene Thursday afternoon.

MIAMI An assistant coach on the Florida International University football team passed away Sunday. FIU announced that wide receiver coach Aubrey Hill died following a battle with cancer. "It was a shock to learn of Aubrey's passing tonight after his long battle with cancer," FIU Head Coach Butch Davis said. Before joining the FIU coaching staff, Hill spent four years as the head football coach at Miami Carol City High School, winning a Class 6A state title in 2016. His coaching resume also includes stops at the University of Miami, University of Florida, Marshall University, the University of Pittsburgh and Duke University.

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. Researchers from The Institute of Environment at Florida International University have joined the group of scientists who are investigating the recent dead-fish sightings in Miami-Dade Countys Biscayne Bay. Witnesses reported thousands of dead fish washed ashore as far north as 135th Street in North Miami and as far south as Miamis Museum Park area. FIU researchers are focusing on the area off of Morningside Park where the fish kill appears to have started. Miami Waterkeeper, an advocacy group, reported a high level of bacteria in the area. Miami Waterkeeper researchers have warned about algae blooms and seagrass die-offs due to pollution.